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Newspaper
News
Location
Frederick, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Mar 10, 1928
Page
1
New York stock activity surged with General Motors Radio Corp and US Steel pushing to new highs before profit taking halted the session. The day set a Saturday record with around 2 001 000 shares traded as speculative favorites led the market upward then cooled in late trading.
Timely arrival of Col. Don Caldwell and 21 National Guardsmen and deputy marshals averted violence as about 250 union and non union supporters confronted non union workers at the Florence mine in St Clairsville area. Guardsmen escorted workers inside and dispersed the crowd with no injuries reported.
President Coolidge signed the alien property bill to settle American claims against Germany and return seized property. It authorizes a final appropriation of 100 million dollars with German and Austro-Hungarian claims of 100 thousand dollars or under settled in full, larger claims settled up to 30 percent, covering ships seized and patent rights.
Washington AP reports a four day school of politics will open March 19 to train women for participation in the coming presidential campaign. The League of Republican Women of the District of Columbia aims to better inform women on Republican party policies and government issues.
Large turnout expected for final afternoon and night show at the Armory drill shed. By Friday night about 800 visitors attended and Thursday’s crowd topped the week, with 4 200 total visitors estimated. Displays feature modern models and ornate black and white decorations planned by Sergi Major R. S. Wachter.
The Ta Wa Si campfire girls from Church Street School held their second council fire on Friday at 3 pm. Eight members were promoted to wood gatherers including Lena Mae Hahen and Evelyn Ogle among others. songs were sung and three sandl ies were led by Evelyn Ogle, Marianna Mann, and Daisy Baumgardner. A marriage license records Jacob F. Harmon, 49, and Grace Jamver, 38, as divorced and widow respectively in Bragstick.
Senate Teapot Dome hearings reveal a memorandum from John T. Pratt listing names Weeks DuPont Butler and Andy amid questions on a 1923 50000 dollar contribution to the Republican chest. Witnesses note Andy may be Candy and Butler could refer to William M. Butler RNC leader. Hays testified about Liberty bonds routed to DuPont Weeks and others.
Rio de Janeiro dispatch says more than 200 people are dead in a Montsarret landslide near Santos. Local sources, via Corria de Manha, report 30 bodies removed and ongoing area slips after dawn.
Miss Mildred Johnson of Philadelphia and Mrs. Esther Warner of Portland will depart the liner Columbus in a Junker seaplane about 600 miles from Bremen. After refueling at Bremen they intend to fly to Berlin.
Oscar Tate, director of Union National Bank and president of the Jameson Shoe Company, shot and killed himself in the Knoxville shoe store. He is survived by his widow and one son.
Washington reports from the Pan American conference describe Cuba under Gerardo Machado as a dictatorship resembling Mussolini’s Italy. Cuban opposition and American journalists depict suppression of opposition, press censorship, and army brutality. Labor leaders face assassinations, disappearances, and imprisonment as prospects of revolution grow amid US-invested interests.
Between 330 and 400 persons attended a concert at the Frederick High School auditorium Friday evening. The program featured musical numbers by the combined music clubs of Franklin and Marshall College and Hood College. Local church groups and college students participated, with arrangements by Lincoln D. Encebrecht and Sara Quinn handling tickets.
Ghalles FL Seeger Frederich will address the Men s Bible Class at 07 Christ Reformed Sunday school in Middletown.
Fred P. Conaway, cashier of the defunct Arcadia Bank and Savings Company in Findlay Ohio, pleaded guilty to an indictment charging embezzlement and misapplication of $272,619.64 of bank funds. Sentence deferred. Nine bank directors also faced indictments with pleas.
AP dispatch from Mexico City reports 30 miners entombed in a shaft at the Aurora Vine mine near Texintlan Peahla when a fire broke out at the mint area and mine passage caved. About 60 others were rescued with little hope for the entombed men as fumes hampered rescue attempts.
The body of a naval officer, believed to be one of three flyers missing after departing from Hampton Roads in an amphibian plane toward Annapolis, was surfaced by dredgers near Cherrystone Light. Rough seas hinder further search as tugs and crafts remained nearby with limited recovery effort possible.
The Federal Council of Churches of Christ in America rejected claims it conspired with coal operators to whitewash operator blame in the Pennsylvania coal fields. The council said the charge, raised by mine workers' attorney O. K. Eaton before a Senate committee, is without foundation and untrue.
Court records show mortgage foreclosure actions including Jacob Rohrback trustee for Grover and Katie Carpenter against Fredericktown Savings Institution, with J. Rohrback as attorney. Numerous property deed transfers recorded in county and city with nominal sums noting lines of title transfers among residents and firms.
NEA Washington Bureau reports Major Howie B. Messe, superintendent of the Washington Metropolitan Police, faces charges of frequent drinking in an “ovenly operated saloon.” Representative Thomas L. Blanton accuses Buckwalter of bribing Capital police to guard bootlegger trucks, with officers allegedly stealing the cargo. Hesse denies the Texan’s accusations.
With eleven criminal cases remaining on the docket trial of those cases will finish early next week. Page Webber faces retrial after a hung jury in Knoxville area chicken theft case. Fauber Fisher and Giles testified as witnesses. Webber remanded. jurors and defense challenges noted.
Services for members of the Greek Orthodox church will be held Monday at 9 o'clock in Saint Saints church by Rev. Phil emon Srhachares BD rector. The service will be conducted in Greek and the Bible read in Greek.
Coast Guard crews rescued about 25 passengers, believed to be all women, from the grounded steamer Robert E. Lee near Manomet Plymouth Mass. A surf boat capsized earlier, with seven rescued from the overturned craft. The Lee remained grounded as weather eased and transfers continued to Coast Guard cutters and patrol boats.
Ohio report details John Whitfield a Cleveland negro escapee from Ohio Penitentiary who was wounded by City Detective Norwood E. Fell when found at the home of Oren Hill in Columbus. Whitfield previously killed Patrolman Desary Griffin in 1923 and fled with Marie Price after leaving the pen in civilian clothes.
A small shack occupied by a works man in the Relbauch lumber camp near Jefferson burned Thursday night. The fire started from a spark from the engine used to operate the Sam mill on Milan Young's farm.
Reported injuries from a stone accident as Herman Schroyer and Mrs Thaddeus Schroyer assist near Middletown. A large rock fell from a wagon striking a helper near Bolivar and another man, Hare W. Moser, was hurt near Mt Tible.
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